In Egypt, the sentiment gained real momentum in November when the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohammed Morsi, then Egypt's president, rammed through a controversial constitution that, among other faults, barely mentioned women.
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By Nahlah Ayed | July 12, 2013
A growing anti-Islamist backlash across the Middle East serves many agendas, not all of them altruistic
Within weeks of the Muslim Brotherhood's swift ascent to power last year, a friend of mine who lived in Egypt decided it was time to leave.
"The Islamists are coming," she told me. "There will be no room for people like us."
My friend was joining a small but steady exodus of Egyptians being driven away as much by the increasingly frequent episodes of violence, as they were by the belief that their country was about to become a far more conservative place.
They simply could not bear the idea of being ruled by Islamists, however moderate or inclusive the new ruling party might claim to be.
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